BioGenX Global REVIEW

When it comes to compensation plans, network marketing, or multi-level marketing, has taken on many forms. But they all have one thing in common. They, like conventional businesses, have different levels of compensation.

UNLIMITED Some plans allow you to sponsor as many people as you want on your first level. These people, in turn, can do the same. Whoever they sponsor would be your second level of income. And when these second level people sponsor someone, the new members would become your third level of income. And on it goes until the company puts a cap on how many levels they will compensate you. Usually the depth (number of levels) on such a plan is low, maybe 4 to 6.

Your income potential is increased in this plan by constantly sponsoring new people and keeping your downline (as they are called) doing the same. The downside to this approach is that it does not encourage much support of one’s downline. Everyone is mostly on their own, trying to get as many first level members as they can.

BINARY In contrast to the unlimited plan, other companies use a binary plan. Your first level can have only two people; though, again, you can sponsor as many as you want. If you sponsor a third person, s/he is placed under one or the other of your first two. And so on. This is called “spillover”. The member that receives a “spillover” into his/her downline gets a certain benefit, though it is different than the one who did the actual sponsoring. The binary plan, in a way, forces you to “help” your downline. Actually, what it really does is encourages your downline to get busy and personally sponsor as many people as possible. They may never get a cent from spillover.

A binary has two legs: a power leg and a pay leg. Spillover goes into the power leg and can go on indefinitely. The income from the startup fee of those you personally sponsor goes to your pay leg. To get paid, the value of the pay leg must be at least 1/3 of a company-set goal (usually $600). The other $400 comes from the power leg. Usually the power leg is not the problem because of spillover from your upline. Once the $600 goal is met, the amount is withdrawn from both legs, a small percent (like 6%) is set aside as “commissions”, and the cycle begins over again. However, if certain criteria is not met, you could lose your entire power leg and have to start over again.

“Playing” the binary game is like playing computer games that have no end. Your only consolation is getting a higher “score” than last time. The problem is, as with the Unlimited plan, that most people tire quickly when it comes to sponsoring (the average is 2.5 people).

MATRIX More recently, binary plans are often combined with a matrix plan (to keep the interest up). A matrix is defined by a set width and depth (unlike the Unlimited plan). Each level is a multiple of some specific number, usually 3 or 4. For example, the first level may have 3 in it. The next level will have 9 (3×3). The third level will have 27 (3×9). And so on.

When a Binary is combined with a Matrix, the Binary often pays on a percent of the signup fee, which is typically somewhere between $150 to $500. The Matrix, however, pays on a monthly autoship ($50 to $100). A small percent of the autoship is divided up to the different levels, thus keeping the level depth somewhat shallow, like 6 to 8 levels deep.

OTHERS There are other innovative plans out there too, but not as popular. However, there is a new kid on the block that is breaking all the MLM “rules”. BioGenX Global is that one. It’s so different you have to really open your mind to new concepts when looking at it because it cannot be interpreted by the normal MLM models described above.